mortality/aging
• maximal age seen is 78 days on a mixed 129P2/OlaHsd/FVB background, however life spans are longer on a mixed 129P2/OlaHsd/C57BL/6 background
• embryonic lethality is not seen on a mixed 129P2/OlaHsd/FVB background unlike on a mixed 129P2/OlaHsd/C57BL/6 background
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growth/size/body
• homozygotes are severely runted
• on a mixed 129p2/OlaHsd/C57BL/6 background males are more severely runted than females, this difference is not seen on a mixed 129P2/OlaHsd/FVB background
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